Folding table.



Patented Aug. I9, |902.

f No.' 707m.

` G. E. SHREY.

FOLDING TABLE. (Application med Jan. 2o, 1905.)

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Be n known tn-nti, GEORGE snnn'r,

` binnen of the United states .of America, and

v '1'Vlllyinvention'relates toa `folding table gbut l t to ylo'cklirmly in their extended position-x I e The folding tables'nowin'co'mmon use are a resident of Fairfield, Somerset county, State yof Maine, have invented certain new'andruse ful Improvements inFolding Tables, of Which the following isa specification. l e' it-mayl be applied to othenriarticles Whichhave foldin g legs or folding-'parts which it isdesired fproviaed. with brneenfffor holding i the legs in 1 l'their extended position which lock.automat-l 4- the table is to be'folded "upitisnecessaryv .tomrelease the lock orvcateh byl hand,\an opI .u `eration which oftenfzre'quires' considerable s strength andis difficult fonladiejsf and'chil'- m2o f 4.

' i The object of thepresent'invention is to dren. j-

provide a foldingtable'inwhich the legs may be locked and unlockedwithont any manipu- 1 ,l l `la't-ionlof the parts. f,"Laccoflnplish'thisobject` .s I '.25

by 'providingadog-er lock forlockin'g' and' releasing the bracewhich holdsthe legsvandf` sopivoting this dog that it maybe thrown in v or ont 'of itsloeking--position bygravityor by n Slight mnnon'of ineffable.l vvnenftne'tnbleg iis standing in itsvnormalf position 'or' when.

the under side ofthel table isless than ninetydegreesifrorn'a horizontalv positiongz. then the d'ogwill drop down and lockthe;brace;clout;

whentheftable Iis turned over on'iits top then the dogvvill drop back andreleasethe brace.

setting the table on'itsfeetwil-l au,tomat'ieally` actto lock it, and whenit vis turned over parl gt'iallyon its back for foldiilgthe` legsidowvn t 4.o; t l l `drop backand releaseItherbrace'.--f` 'y 'gainst thel table the dog-will autolnatically I illustrate my invention by mea-ns ofthe `,accompanyingdrawings, 'in Which-,-

Figure luisapai'tjside view and part geen .Fig' 3 is a A represents the table-top,and B B are `the legs, which are hinged to thecross-piece a/by sel pinsb.A Tothe cross-bar b, which connects the two legs, is pivoted the brace @,the free rend of the brace lying and Ysliding in. the

. s ygroove ofthe channel-piece secured to the under side of the table-"This channel l s i piece is 'made long enough so thateach .of the braces liesink itat. 'full Jlength'f whenV the legs k are vfolded in.' The` llegsfare held from ex- .te'ndingbeyond the desired point bythepin 1' endof the brace.` Aj spr-infgf is provided for pressing the .brace inorfm'allydown: into the f *Y groove ofi'the.channelpieceandfein-the,fu'rfLv p ther purpose ,ofy holding` the.legs-against the'` Innderl side ofthe table whenthey.. are folded. 1 vAs herefshown, I useyaspring inadegot' bent Wire', the ends being. coiled about the pinh,

vically when the'legsgaie opened ont;- but` vvhen, `lv'vhiehextends throughiihef channelpiece,"

Withthe-extreme-end restingfagainst theta- `7 ble, the. center of they spring formingfaloop 7eA y locked in its extended vposition bymeans of a dog, Whichfis` thrown into and' outtof posi` ,t

tion-by gravity.-y

l Thedogfg'is heresh'onnas'astraight piecer of steel pivoted inthe groove beyond the end yofthe bracewhennthelatteris initsextendv `ed 4position and of 'such-length that'itsend"` Will-gestf vrest Aon .the"lp'oijr'lt.:or `'projection c2, formed on thev end of.th`e-brace,when the dog 4is initsfdownor lockingposition.l the'. doggis'inits upperior nnlocke'dgposition, the'.

i end 'ofthe brace will slide back' overit, they end beingtaperedloff forthis purpose; When the table stands i'nl'itsl upright position, the

y dog-will drop down and locklthe brace," and when it is-tnrned over on Iitsloack-the dog:

jwill drop backinto the position shown in Fig. s

2, sozastoallow the bracefto slide back overy it; Aslotg'A is cutin' the dog to allow it to clean the pin 1h. p u 'vice maybe used onother articlesbesides tay bles-'such as chairs, setteeS, step'eladders, u &c. ,-fwhere `folding` legs are' used'.` TAS al"v ,ready stated, theltable maybe locked`andl unlocked by, cariti'g lit'-y slightly v'on ev Wayor A therothe from the verticalandthehandling It` is .evident that, this deofthe-locking mechanism-isentirely'avoided. i 'i f Ildfonot Wish to limit;A myself "to .the exact formsof parts herein; shownfby Way of illusico,

tration, as, for instance, other forms of s prin gs. e

A foldingtable, comprising atop,A ajcha'n-` nel-piece secured longitudinally in the cen-` braeesin Contact with the stop-pins` While the ter of the under side thereof, a pair of dogs dogs fall by gravity to engage the extreme extending in opposite directions pivotally4 ends o f the braces when the legs are opened,

mounted in said ehannelpieee,astoppin adand to hold the braces fiat upon the dogs x5 5 jacent to the end of eaeh dog in the ehanneli when the legs are closed. A

piece, legs arranged in pairs pivotally secured Signed at Brunswick, Maine, this 14th day Lo the top and adapted to swing inward, a of January, 1902. l

brace-rod carried by each pair of legs hav- GEORGE E. SHOREY.

ing its free end slidably mounted in the ehan- Witnesses: 1o nel-piece, and a spring to hold each brace in SAMUEL KNIGHT, J r.,

the channel-piece at all times, to hold the WALTER D. HATCH. 

